Play time is more important than study time by Siddhant Attavar

Play time is more important than study time

You always thought that studying would make your child better, right? Now playing helps children more. What I am trying to say is that playing would help you more than doing homework or just studying. It gives you ample exercise, so you don’t have to do those 20 push-ups every day. Another reason is that playing teaches important skills which can help in life including team spirit. Thirdly, it helps in socialization. People tend to make friends while playing together rather then while studying together. So let’s begin our journey through my essay.

First stop; playing helps in teaching us about teamwork. Some of the most popular sports that children play are football and basketball. These are team sports which teach us valuable lessons. It helps develop relationships between team mates. Sometimes your team mate will give you a tip on how to play. This helps in making your game better. Occasionally a team mate plays particularly well. Then you start to respect the person. Children learn to solve issues, example when one team thinks that it is their throw in but the other team thinks it is theirs. They argue for some time and then finally they logically think and solve the issue. These are only a few of the life skills that we can learn from teamwork. An expert commented “Great leaders motivate their teams”

Moreover, socialization is learnt from playing together with other friends. I have never heard and probably you haven’t too, heard about anybody making friends while doing homework. In addition to that it reduces stage fright and shyness. Here is an example. You go to a person one day when your friend is ill and can’t come to play. You then ask if you can play. Another way this helps is by collecting more friends. These friends help you in times of need, example when you have lost your football. Now there is less chance of you feeling lonely. “When they are deciding who is going to be Daddy, or who is going to wear the purple dress they are actually developing social skills”

Third stop; you guessed it right, exercise. Play time gives your child enough exercise a child needs to stay fit. Research shows that during an average game of intense tag a child runs an approximate of 3 to 5 kilometres even though the child doesn’t feel it’s that much. Children who play regularly have a lesser chance of becoming ill. They will develop stronger muscles. They will have a reduced chance of turning obese. Later in life they might not get diabetes. They will have lower blood pressure. The same story for blood cholesterol. It increases focus and concentration. Less chances of eye problems such as getting specs. All I have said just counts up to a fraction of the benefits of play. Another point could be the higher chances of growth spurt. Also you will not get targeted by bullies as compared to people who don’t play often.

Now I shall be taking you to the other side of my opinion. That is I am now going to tell you that study time is more important than play time.

Though people may argue that play time takes away time which could be used for studying, children could learn several new things even while playing. Another point that I want to add over here is that unstructured play is more helpful than structured play, so don’t go around telling your children what to play. Babies only learn through plying and observing things around them.

It is easy to say that people are prone to injuries while playing, but in reality the injury only makes you tougher. One example is Nick Vujicic. He learnt how to surf only after he lost both his arms and legs. He also knows how to swim. He typed an entire series of books with the only two toes that he has. Let’s not go world wide as yet. Arunima Sinha had lost her leg and only then had she started mountaineering. Within two years of her starting her new career, she climbed Mount Everest to its tip despite not having enough oxygen in her tank.

There are several more reasons about why play time is more important than study time. About 50 reasons and I have mentioned a mere 3 of them. It helps in exercise, and socialization. It also helps in teaching us about a lot of life skills including teamwork, many of which you can’t learn while studying. So, how about stop bombarding children with studies and let them play? Get off board the essay now!!!